NEW: Incredible Edibles Totally Tomatoes Swap

This swap is open to saved or commercial open pollinated, and commercial hybrid seed.

NO saved hybrid seed.

NO seed older than a 2010 harvest or purchase.

A minimum of 10 seeds to a pack.

Each pack lists the variety name, and year of harvest or purchase.

A MAXIMUM OF 40 VARIETIES SUBMITTED.

No limit on the number of packs for each variety.

Varieties in return will be based upon the number of varieties submitted, NOT the total number of packs submitted.

Any bonus seeds submitted (beyond 40 varieties) ARE WELCOMED. All bonus seeds will be divided evenly between all participants. IF this swap gets lots of bonuses (like another large swap I participate in), you may be getting back ten, or more, varieties than you sent in.

Include a list of your varieties submitted with the number of packs for each variety. LISTS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!

Include a wish list of varieties you may be looking for. Wish lists will be filled depending on if the variety makes it into the swap.

Email me to confirm joining. Include your mailing address, and the #1 tomato on your wish list. I will be posting all of the #1 wish list tomatoes on this thread. Including a list of what you're going to send in will help me get started on the sorting.

I have always participated in this swap. It is a favorite of mine, but for various reasons, the past couple of years I haven't managed to save any seeds from my tomatoes. I'll check my seed box, but most of mine may be too old to share.

So put me down as a maybe for now, and I'll drop back by after I have a chance to look through my seed inventory.

Hi, count me in please. I'm new so I have only a few to share right now but I am waiting on 2 other swaps I'm in and a couple orders to arrive, so I will send my list to you in a couple weeks. Thanks for hosting!

I'm currently having email problems. I am receiving your emails. However, when I hit the send button to respond, the computer is freezing up. I don't know which emails of mine have gone through. If the problem doesn't go away in a few days, I'll likely have to post my return mail address, and respond to those signing up, in this forum.

Thanks Gary for the email update, I was wondering why I have not heard back yet and started to wonder if I had done something wrong or had an incomplete request. I am still working on my list of tomatoes that are in. I have to go through my seeds to see which varieties I have enough seed for and which ones are younger than the minimum age. My trade list on the forum is up to date of seed I am willing to trade. Most tomato varieties in my trade list are available for this exchange, though I may have some varieties that arn't because they were collected in 2009 or I don't have enough. So if any of you see a variety in my list that you want make it known to me through email and I will be sure to include it in the exchange.

Gary,
I sent you an email earlier with all of my info/seeds but in light of the #1 list above, I'm going to add a little extra to it (and will add more if I see additional #1 seeds listed that I have before I send it out)....

To the person requesting L. cheesmanii, I have Galapagos currant tomato seeds that I saved and have grown out (they are yellow/orange) but I do not know if they are "L. cheesmanii" or perhaps a different Galapagos currant strain (they are NOT Sara's Galapagos). I'm happy to send some along if you want to try them, but if you only want L. cheesmanii in particular, I won't.

Checking my seeds and packaging a second time and going to look over my inventory to see if I have anybody's #1 anywhere, then closing my envy and shipping in the a.m.
It's the most wonderful time of the year.

I handed my package to the mailman this morning. Tried to cover a good handful from the #1s list and I think there's at least 1 variety or more from the black/green/dwarf/heart/striped categories (no something blue). Excited!

I am just getting back into gardening so at this point I only have a few common tomato seeds. Can I send you an envelope and receive a few unusal seeds? I'm not pick... I just want to see if I can still do this.

dmkelly, if you send me a SASE I will send you some unusual tomatos, no trade neccessary. Look at my list and let me know what you are interested in. Also check wintersown.org, they will let you choose 6 varieties for free for a SASE too.

For the "minimum" ten pack, does the ten seeds have to be of the same variety, or could I do say, 5 of two different ones? I know I could do that much, I don't know about ten of just one kind...I'd have to check.

@angela- it is a minimum of 10 seeds per pack. There is no minimum pack amount. You can send in one pack with 10 seeds of a single variety in it if that is all you have, or 10 packs of that variety with 10 seeds each if you have that many. But we usually don't take mixed seeds.

Okay, just checked my seeds and I have ten of a variety, so count me in! I guess just send me an e-mail then with your address and I'll get 'em shipped out.

One more thing. Is it "one packet for another"? Like I send it 10 seeds of one type and I get 10 seeds of another back? Or is it different varieties? I'm guessing my first guess is right, but since I haven't done this before, I figure it doesn't hurt to ask. :)

I'm going to try to answer Qs based on my swapping experience in the event that Gary is busy, but please correct me if I am wrong.

Angela-it is packet for packet. If you send in one packet with (e.g.) approx 10 black cherry seeds you will get one packet back of approx 10 (e.g.) Yellow Brandywine seeds. If you send in 10 packets of (e.g.) Black Cherry seeds with approx. 10 seeds in each pack, you will get 10 packets back of 10 DIFFERENT varieties (e.g. Absinthe, Blush, Copia, Flame, Hayslip, Liz Birt, Nyagous, Porter, Prue, and Wes) each with approx 10 seeds per packet.

gr8heather-by my read of the rules, there is no limit to the number of packets that you can send of a given variety however you will only receive packets back equal to the number of varieties that you send (all additional packets of that variety will be considered bonus seed). So, if you send in a bunch of packets of 2 varieties you will get 2 varieties back according to the rules. That said, people often send in a lot of bonus seed, and the rules mention that Gary will divide bonus seed among participants so you may get several extra varieties as "bonus" packs. (Gary would probably be able to offer insight here based on what he's received thus far and he could probably also let you know if the varieties that you have are appearing often on "wish lists," in which case, many bonus packets of those would probably be welcomed).

If you send in 10 packets of only 1 variety ie. Brandywine, you will not get back 10 different varieties. You will get back 1 pack of a new variety. You will usually get back more than that because people send in extras for use as bonus packets. But generally the swap is a variety for variety swap. This is like my 4 th or 5th time participating in this swap, and the swappers are always very generous, so you can get back alot of intetesting tomatoes.

Oops, right. Sorry to give conflicting/confusing info in my two examples above. It is variety for variety and then within that, packet for packet (meaning that a 10 seed packet of a single variety can't be traded for a 10 seed packet of mixed varieties)

Thanks for the clarification ya'll. :) Also, to anyone who should try to e-mail me during this, if I haven't responded in a day or two, tell me here. For some reason my GardenWeb account seems to not be sending people's e-mails to me? Working on figuring it out...if anyone has any ideas about things to check they'd be greatly appreciated. ;)

Hi Angela.t. I noticed from a message you sent that your email adress was an aggiemail USU.edu ending. Is that correct? I also replied to that email you sent me and I was wondering if you got it? (in response to Oxheart trade thread in Tomatoes forum)

The rules are flexible, but not to the point of being abused. It's OK to have a VERY FEW of your packs having less than 10 seeds. They are very welcome if they are on the above wish lists.

As for getting seeds back, it is based on the number of varieties sent in, not the total number of packs.
And at this point, unless there a lot of late joiners with smaller donations. it looks like it will be about 40 more varieties going back, than you sent in.

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO JOIN, but because of the storm I'll likely answer any new to joining emails through Monday morning.
I'm still having a few cuter problems but I'll try to post a large update Friday.

A small update of non-specific "types"...

any Amish
any Beaverlodge
any black
any blue
any Boar
any Brandywine (Glicks, Croatia, Yellow-Platfoot, etc...)
any Campbell's
any currant
any dwarf indeterminant
any green
any heart
any Heinz
any Icicle
any Marizol
any Mikado
any Mortgage Lifter (Estler's, Pesta, Halladay, etc...)
any striped
any white

(arm twisted) ok, I'll find time this weekend to go through the seed bin and see how many varieties I can come up with, and go through my notes to figure out my most-wanted. Then I'll have to enlist the lilliputians to put tiny seeds into tiny envelopes and write tiny labels.

Kevn, I brought in my envelope to the post office, seeds in it but not sealed and had them tell me how much was needed. they said three stamps. I included a little extra for the return in case any bonuses ended up making the envelope a little pricier to send back, I sent in somewhere around 20 or so packs of tomatos. So if you are only sending a few packs, 3 would probably do it, more and you should send 4-5 stamps. Better safe than sorry.
As for small seed packs, some people use paper coin envelopes, available at office supply stores and you can write on the envelope . At my local stores the coin envelopes cost around 13 dollars for about 500 envelopes. I trade a lot and go through a lot of packs of seeds and those are a bit too pricey for me. I go to the dollar store or Walmart and buy 2x3inch zip top plastic bags in the craft section near the beads. 100 bags for about 1 dollar. then I head to the office supply section and pick up a pack of white labels (1x3 inches, 72ct, about $1) that I cut in half and then they fit nicely on the little bags. Some people use the plastic bags but cut a piece of paper into little squares that fit inside the baggies and use those to write on. Others just write directly on the baggies with a permanent marker, however this can wear off and smudge when touched.

Thanks for the detailed and thrifty reply Mermaid! I don't have a lot of varieties but I have a lot of seed packs to give. Last year was my first year with a real garden and saved a ton of seeds. I was always jealous of these exchanges when I lived in the desert and could only grow the varieties that could live in 100 degree heat!

I sent my seeds in a while back, but evidently I failed to post that I had. My #1 seed request was for "Galapagos". - Gary, did you receive the email I sent way back at the beginning of this? And you got the seeds, too, right?

The swap is closed to new traders, but if anyone who did join earlier hasn't received my mailing address, please email me. Please do not originate the email through Gardenweb, as some emails routed through there are not getting through. Mostly, I'm using an alternate site for open and private communication. I'm Tormato, here and there. I'll be off-line until Monday, when the bulk of package will start to go out.

Packages will go out ASAP, depending on filling wish lists. Also, a few packages are arriving to me a bit late (No big deal to me). Some easy to fill wish list (very short) packages went out a week ago.

I received my tomato seeds in the mail today. Wow - this ought to keep me busy for a couple of years! I can't believe how many seeds you sent back, and such interesting varieties! In addition to filling just about all of my wish list, there were many interesting varieties I had never heard of, which I am now more familiar with after spending a couple of hours reading up... Neat stuff - I can't wait to try them out next year (this year's plants are already in the ground...). A lot of different blacks and blues - I'm curious how the varieties will compare and how some of the newer crosses will do.

WOWWOW!! What a lot of tomato seeds, I am a new gardener and I had no clue there were so many tomato varieties. Thank you so much, I will spend the next few hours just researching tomatoes and peppers I got from the pepper swap. I will be starting seeds this weekend. I am super excited, thank you all so much for fanning the flames of a new gardener!!

WOWWOW!! What a lot of tomato seeds, I am a new gardener and I had no clue there were so many tomato varieties. Thank you so much, I will spend the next few hours just researching tomatoes and peppers I got from the pepper swap. I will be starting seeds this weekend. I am super excited, thank you all so much for fanning the flames of a new gardener!!

Thank you so much for doing this! So much respect to you Gary! I opened the mailbox today and found the bubbler returned. I can't thank you enough... After careful inspection, I see you sent me a lot more varieties than I sent in, and so many from your own personal collection. You are very good at writing on tiny pink and yellow paper strips, lol. The SNFLA variety gave it away as you!

My only complaint is; now I need a larger garden.

I just want to say thanks to everyone who participated. This is what it's all about. Working together despite our differences.
Good luck to everyone on the upcoming growing season!
Cross-posted at another forum..

Got mine today! Just finished entering them all in my tomato seed database. WOW that was a big job. I got about triple what I sent in. I got back about as many varieties as I sent in from my wishlist, and about twice that again in other varieties that I didn't realize I needed until I looked them up. ;-) Thank you, thank you Tormato for all your work, no doubt that took a lot of hours on your part, and I got to feel like I won the tomato seed lottery :-)

Thank you Gary for hosting the swap and for the other people who were most generous. so many seeds so little space=get more space. cant wait till this summer to try them, didn't even know so many varieties exsisted.